If you don't know by now, well then you are one of the lucky students around the Fanshawe area that have not received a ticket from the London Police for excessive noise. London has a 24-hour noise ban, which was being pushed into full force over the course of Project L.E.A.R.N in the Fall.

This year in London police have handled over 5,000 noise complaints for noise, and as many students experienced earlier in the school year, that many fines were given out for students being a little too “loud.”

A new noise by-law has been proposed to make London a more “peaceful” society. The first offence still being $175 fine, and now the maximum has been proposed to be raised up from $5,000, to $10 000. But instead of the London Police handling noise complaints, as they do now, City staff are requesting a new bylaw that will allow municipal enforcement officers to enforce the noise restrictions.

“I think that $10,000 as a maximum is too much, I think that the City wants to push it that high to scare some students. Honestly, how many students have $10,000 to pay a noise fine,” said Nita Dunn, a student that has experienced the “problem” college areas for the past two years.

Noises that will be prohibited at all times anywhere in London under the new noise bylaw include:

- Speakers in vehicles that can be heard at least eight meters from the vehicle

- Sounds from a drum, horn, bell, or loud speakers for advertising a sale or performance

Other noises that would be prohibited between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. in a residential area include:

- Shouting, yelling, loud hooting, loud whistling or loud singing

- Sound of a firearm being discharged, except by a peace officer performing their duties (lfpress.ca)